# Fractures at Akzo Nobel Coating
> OSHA SIR `20171110602` · 11/3/2017 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Akzo Nobel Coating
- **Location:** 150 Columbia Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to the rear of a machine when he slipped in a puddle of water and powder coating mix. He sustained a spiral fracture of his left tibia.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*